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.GAR GOUPLING. N0.-s-9 7;o58. y Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

FREDERICK J. IIIIGHES, OF \VATFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CAR-COU PLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,058, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed June 2, 1888. Serial No. 275,894. (No model.)

To all'ufwm it may concern;

3e it known that I, FREDERICK JOHN lIUGHEs, painter, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at the village o't \Vatt'ord, in the county ot` Lambton and Province. of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Car-Coupler :I 'or Coupling Railwaytars, called The Hughes Automatic Car- Couplerf7 and I hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description of thc invention and i'n what manner the same vis to be performed, viz:

My Vinvention (the llughes Automatic Car- Coupler) is an automatic car-coupler for coupling railway-cars without the assistance of brakenien, and can bc uncoupled from either side or top of the car without brak'emen going between the cars. It will also couple on any car with ordinary link-andbolt coupling without the assistance of brakemen, thus avoiding the danger of going between the cars, and in case of dropping through a bridge it will immediately uncouple and not draw on cars behind or in front. By setting with side cranks it also uncouples without any assistance.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot this specification, in which similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts 'in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of car with my coupler attached ready to receiveY link, part ofv Fig, 2 is under view Fig. is

draw-head broken out. of car with my coupler attached. draw-head with dog attached.

A is draw-head with beveled mouth and under-cut to receive counterweighted dog B, the bottom of which acts, in combination with curved hook ot' said dog, as a link-guide.

B is the dog used in draw-head for coupling and has an inclined curve from point of hook which engages link to the bottom point of front part of dog without any square or other projections used in combination with beveled mouth of draw-head in guiding link to place, the bottom point ot said dog coming even with end of draw-head, and the curve on the face of dog projects upward and forward of beveled mouth of link-guide of draw-head (i is bent center ot under shaft, which raises dog for uncoupling when weights D D opposite are thrown backward. Said bent center is in no way connected with counterweighted dog B, though working in combination with it.

D D are weights opposite bent center, which are adjustable. Said bent center and weights move in half-circle when uncoupling.

E E are cranks at. both ends of under-shaft for turning shaft when uncoupling.

F F are the journals which carry under shaft.

G is an upright rod at end of car, with hand-hold at top, bottom end turned at right angles, which acts on dog when uncoupling from top of car.

In the construction of this coupler neither' springs or loose bolts are used or other loose apparatus. My draw-head has an under shaft for dog to work in, but no opening at top, being solid, thus excluding snow and ice, and is to take the place of the ordinary drawhead` without change ot' draw-timbers or other parts on ordinary freight-car for attaching draw-heads.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of 'the draw-head A, having a solid top li'or the exclusion of snow and ice with the counterweighted dog B, having the bottom of its hook below the level of the pivot, so as to permit of an upward pull by the link and an easy disengagement thereof, substantially as shown a-n d described.

2. In combination with dog B, under shaft with cranks E E bent at each end, with bent center C and adjustable weights D D oppo site, which move in a half-circle when un coupling from side of car, and journals F F, which carry said under shaft, as shown and described.

3. In combination with dog B, upright rod G, passing down end of car, with hand-hold M1101), with bottom eml turned at rig-llt nngles, which nels on log lmnneonpling from 1101*) 0l om'.

il. The eonxbinnliiml of the (ll'nW-llcml A, having' :L beveled mouth mlinlc-g'nide, :unl The 001mfel-weighted (leg l, with inclined mn've, :1S smlefl above, on the top urpmi that engages link, with thebottonl uf its hook below lille level. oli' the pvot :unl 00min even. with front part 0f draw-head and lnojeeting ro Upward and lfm-Ward of beveled month eti' (ll'mv-beml, sn'bstmnvinll y :1S sel, linlfill. v

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